It took one week, more than a dozen tug boats, millions of hours of manpower and cost billions of dollars in international trade, but the MV Ever Green is finally freed from the Suez Canal and traffic has resumed.

Workers finally got the right tide and found the right technique to refloat the massive, 200,000-ton cargo ship that spans the length of four football fields. It was big enough to block passage of the Suez Canal after it ran aground last week and prevent traffic to the tune of $400 million an hour.

Using a full moon king tide to help raise the vessel in coordination with heavy machinery and tugs, crews released the Ever Green and opened passage to the vital waterway Monday, but the logjam of traffic that has been waiting for a week will take days to clear and create further delays.

The reopening of the Suez Canal had an immediate impact on the markets as oil prices reversed course and eased down after speculation about supply shortages were alleviated, but consumers can expect to see disappearing stockpiles of certain products, like coffee and toilet paper.

WHAT EVER CLEAR GETTING THE ALL CLEAR MEANS FOR TRADE

If you're under the age of 17, you are in for a surprise. If you're older and have lived through a year of the cicadas, you are in for a nightmare.

Brood X cicadas, an unusual species of insects that only come to the Earth's surface once every 17 years, are due for their return in the coming months across the South and Midwest. Not since 2004 has the U.S. seen the cicada invasion, and this year's crop could be one of the biggest.

Scientists say billions of the bug will start emerging from underground in the coming weeks, causing swarms of car window art and loud, shrill chirping sounds. Some cultures treat the rare treats as a delicacy (try the cicada frittatas), while most consider it a nuisance of the highest order.

“They’re just really big and awkward “... It’s really something to marvel at,” one scientist said of cicadas before striking a more somber tone. “I feel sorry for them, growing up for 17 years, then someone eats them."

The invasion will only last through the summer before they lay their eggs underground and bid humans farewell until 2038. They grow up so fast.

SEE JUST HOW LOUD AND ANNOYING BROOD X CICADAS CAN BE

Finding the motivation to get out of bed on Monday mornings just got a whole lot easier thanks to the folks at Krispy Kreme, who are offering patrons a free doughnut and cup of coffee to start their work week.

There are no strings attached (except for a possible strand of glazing on your chin) to the promotion -- simply show up and claim your freebies. The offer, which is good for one glazed doughnut and a medium brewed coffee, is available anytime of day every Monday through May 24.

The generous promotion could be in response to the blow-back Krispy Kreme received last week when it offered a free doughnut to customers who had been vaccinated against COVID-19. Some felt it isolated the unvaccinated, others questioned the wisdom of rewarding healthy behavior with unhealthy food, and at least one gym owner responded by offering free memberships to those who had not been vaccinated. 

FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET A FREE DOUGHNUT AND COFFEE

Krispy Kreme doughnuts were once fried in lard and soybean oil before using what as of 2016? Also, at what ironic temperature are they cooked?

(Monday's answer: Famed composer Giuseppe Verdi wrote his opera "Adia" to commemorate the grand opening of the Suez Canal in 1869).

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